September 2020
The activities in the industrial and services sector seemed to have flattened out and operating with a slack, as seen from levelled...
August 2020
Activities in the economy especially in the industrial and services sectors, slowed down during the first half of August due ...
July 2020
July began with the call and repo rates nearing the lower bound of the policy corridor. Subsequently, the CBSL cut the policy rates by ...
Midyear Economic Update 2020
The CBSL maintained accommodative monetary policy throughout 1H 2020 primarily to help...
June 2020
The activities in the economy, especially the industry and services sector, further improved in June as evident by increasing...
May 2020
The activities in the economy, especially the industry and services sector, improved marginally in May. However...
April 2020
The industry sector operated with excess capacity in April due to the confinement. Tourism and trade sectors were crippled by the ...
March 2020
In March the manufacturing and services sectors underwent a record contraction as the country went into a lockdown. The tourism...
February 2020
January: Private credit was weak while government credit (grew by LKR120 Bn Y-o-Y) recorded a strong growth.
January 2020
December: Manufacturing sector grew at a slower phase (4 points above threshold) while services.....